Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 2.13% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 14.68%. Currently, Global Payments has a market capitalization of $31.49 billion.

Buying $100 In GPN: If an investor had bought $100 of GPN stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $771.97 today based on a price of $123.43 for GPN at the time of writing.

Global Payments's Performance Over Last 15 Years

Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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